Stove or range



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n Patented SeptQ l, 1883.

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UNITED T STATES" PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN. A. PRICE, oFsoBANToN, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOVE OR RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,230, dated September 4, 188 3.

Application filed March 26, 1883. (No model.)

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This invention relates particularly to that class of stoves or ranges which are provided with a back plate extending above the top surface of the stove or range proper, and in which the smoke-discharge pipe is located behind such extended back plate 5 and it consists, primarily, in providing a shelf vertically adj ustable on said extended back, and projecting 2o laterally over the top of the stove .or range proper. i

It further consists in constructing the shelf so that it may be laterally extended in order to project more or less over the stove or range top, and, finally,'in novel means for raising and lowering the shelf.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 representsafront view of a rangelwith my improvements applied thereto. Fig.12 is a sectional view of the same, taken on the line 00 as, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

A representsthe top of the range; B, the

3 5 back plate, preferablypermanently connected thereto and extending above the top of the range, as shown. From an opening, 0, in the top of the range, through the extended back plate, and. to the rear thereof, extends a box 0 or flue, D, whichserves to conduct the smoke,

I 850., discharged through the opening 0 be- I hind the back plate, whence it is allowed to p'ass off up a flue, E, connected to the bar or flue D at d, as shown in Fig. 2.

5 This construction and arrangement of flues, it will be observed, leaves the front face of the extended back entirely unobstructed, and permits of the attachment of a shelf, F,extend-" ing from side to side of the range, and of equal width throughout its length, no cutting away being required, aswould be the case if the smoke-pipe passed up in front of the back plate, as ordinarily.

I preferably arrange the shelf F with relation to the back plate so that it may be vertically adjusted on the latter, and thus enable it to be brought down nearer toor farther from the top of the range. One mode of effecting this adjustment. is to mount the shelf upon racks G G, which play up and down in guides H H on the rear side of the back plate, and

are raised or lowered simultaneously bymeans of pinions I I, mounted on a cross-shaft, K; that extends from side to side of the range, and adapted to be operated by means of a crank, L, applied to either end, as shown in Fig. 1.

A ratchet and pawl, or other contrivance, M N, is provided to prevent the back rotation of the shaft K, and to maintain the shelf in any position to which it may be adjusted.

\Vhen the top of the stove is occupied by a clothes-boiler, or a large pot or other utensil, the shelf is adjusted up to its fullest extent out of the way; but ordinarily it may be adjusted down more or less close to the range top, and sustain plates, cooked dishes, or other articles desired to be kept hot.

By preference I maketheshelf laterally extensible, so that it may be projected more or less over the range-top, asdesired. One way of accomplishing this is to form it in two sec tions or parts, the outer section, 0, being hinged to the inner section, as shown in Fig. 2, and one of the parts or sections 'being provided with a projection, P, which, when the outer section isturned down, serves to support it ina horizontal position. Bythis provision the capacity of the shelf can be varied.

I do not confine myself to any. particular form of shelf, as that my be changed to suit the fancy of the constructer.

Any device or construction herein shown or described and not herein particularly claimed I reserve the right to claim in another application or applications.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new- I 1. The combination, with a stove or range having a backplate extending above its top, of a shelf vertically adjustable on. said extended back and projecting laterally forward overthe stove or range top, substantially as back, of the shelf projecting from the front described. thereof, said shelf consisting of an outer sec- 2. The combination, with a stove or range tion hinged to the inner section, and held in having a back plate extending above its top, horizontal position, when swung down, by 5 and a smoke-discharge pipe behind said exmeans of a projection on one of said sections, I 5

tended'back, of a vertically-adjustable shelf substantially as described.

projecting from the front of the extended JOHN A. PRICE. back, and racks and gears for raising and low- Witnesses: ering said shelf, substantially as described. MELVILLE CHURCH,

1o 3. The combination, with the extended range- JOHN SPARHAWK, Jr. 

